Chopping and slicing machine



May 15, 1923. 1,455,173

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CEOPPING earn SLICING MACHINE.

Application filed may 23, 1am. Serial a. nasal.

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Be it known that '1, LEE W. Scaneonoocn, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city of Humble and State of Texas, have invented new anduseful Improvements in Chopping and Slicing Machines, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawm 1 his-invention is in the nature of a chop- .ping and slicingmachine, designed for slicing loaves of bread entire at one stroke orturn of the cutting knives, or for slicing' all kinds of vegetables andfruits, or for chopping cooked meats. The object of the invention is toprovide a machine' of this character of simple design and constructionand which will do its Work rapidv and efiiciently. .In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view.

Figure 2 is a vertical, longitudinal sectionall view. Figure 3 Figure A;is a detail view of one of the knives,

Figure 5 is a detail view of one of the rack guards.

The invention consists in providing a suitable case 1, having legs 2, adrawer 3 in the lower part and a lid 4 hinged to the top thereof A knifeshaft 5 is journaled through the case medially and upon the extendedends of this shaft are mountled cranks 6 to operate the machine. A

plurality of curved cutting knives 7 ha mg slots 8 in their shanksadapted to engage the shaft 5, are rigidlymounted on said shaft inalignment and. in equally spaced relation by means of set screws 9passed through the shanks of the knives and bearing upon the shaft 5. A.vertically positioned rack 10 is provided by mountw ing a rack rod 11through the lower part of the case between the-points 12 and parallel tothe shaft 5, and then extending between this red and the shaft aplurality is a transverse sectional view.-

' of curved rack guards 13, one between each pair of adjacent knives.These rack guards are provided with sleeves 14 at their lower endsadapted to receive the rod 11, and set screws 15 secure these lower endsfirmly in place.- The upper endsof the rack guards are likewise providedwith sleeves 16 to loosely engage the shaft 5 which rotates within thesesleeves 16.

In use the loaf of bread, or vegetables, or whatever is to be sliced isplaced in the convex side of the racklO, and the lid is closed. Theknives which are curved are provided with convex cutting edges and theyoperate with a shearing action in cutting the material into slices. Byone quick and strong turn upon either of the cranks 6 the bread or otherfood stuff in the rack is cut into slices by the rotation of theconvexed knives 7, on their downward stroke as they pass through therack guards 13.

While I have herein described a certain specific method of constructingand assemb'ling the elements of my invention, it is understood same maybe varied in minor details, not departing from the spirit of myinvention as defined in the appended 'claim.'

I claim:

A chopping and slicin machine comprising a suitable case; a knife shaftjournaled medially through the case; a plurality of curved cut-tingknives on the knife shaft, aligned and spaced equally apart; a' foodholding rack vertically mounted below the knives, same including a-rackrod mounted arallel to and below the knife shaft an a lurality of curvedrack guards extende between the rack rod and the knife shaft, one guardbetween each pair of adjacent knives; and means for rotating the knifeshaft.

LEE W. SCARBOROUGH.

